How can I create a row of numbers form 1 to 10 ?. like this [1.0000, 2.0000, 3.0000,...]?

Hallo guys, I am so new to matlab, and i know this is a silly question. How can I create a row of numbers form 1 to 10. like this [1.0000, 2.0000, 3.0000,...] with intervals of 1.0000? if I do [1:1:10], I get [1,2,3,..] but I want it like this[1.0000,2.0000,3.0000] kindly help! Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[John BG]

with

format long;x=1:10
=
     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10

vpa only adds one zero:

y=vpa(x,5)
=
[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0]

y=vpa(x,10)
=
[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0]

floating point boundaries (without vpa):

flintmax
 =
9.007199254740992e+15

intmax
 =
2147483647

   intmin
   =
   -2147483648

with fixed point precision objects, details here: http://uk.mathworks.com/help/fixedpoint/ref/fi.html?searchHighlight=fi

you get more than 4 zeros:

    a = fi(pi, 1, 8, 3)
    a = 
       3.125000000000000

              DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
                Signedness: Signed
                WordLength: 8
            FractionLength: 3

but only if it is rounding non-zero decimals:

a = fi(1, 1, 8, 3)
 = 
     1

            DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
              Signedness: Signed
              WordLength: 8
          FractionLength: 3

   a = fi(1.0000, 1, 8, 3)
   = 
       1

            DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
              Signedness: Signed
              WordLength: 8
          FractionLength: 3

tried 1.0001 and then -0001 but did not work:

b = fi(1.0001, 1) b = 1.000122070312500

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 16
        FractionLength: 14

 b-.0001
Warning: The behavior of adding or subtracting a fi and a non-fi operand has
changed. The non-fi operand is now cast to the data type of the fi operand.
See the release notes for information on retaining the old behavior of best
precision scaling cast.  In  -  (line 37) 
 = 
     1

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 17
        FractionLength: 14

c=b-.0001 = 1

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 17
        FractionLength: 14

 b2=fi(0.0001,1)
 = 
     1.000016927719116e-04

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 16
        FractionLength: 28

b-b2 = 1.000022068619728

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 31
        FractionLength: 28

d=b-b2 = 1.000022068619728

          DataTypeMode: Fixed-point: binary point scaling
            Signedness: Signed
            WordLength: 31
        FractionLength: 28

 d2=vpa(d,4)
 =
1.0

If you really want to present the vector exactly with 4 zero decimals, you can translate each figure to char,

x=[1:1:4]
x_char=char(x+48)'
 =
1
2
3
4

and then add '.000'

   x2=repmat(['.0000'],4,1)
   =
  .0000
  .0000
  .0000
  .0000

x_char=[x_char x2]
 =
1.0000
2.0000
3.0000
4.0000

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[Chinonso Collins Unaichi]

Thanks a lot this was very useful

Answer 2

[Alessandro Masullo]

Matlab deals with double variables by default. If you write 1, it is actually 1.00000000

If you just want to display it, you can use sprintf('%.5f',1).

To check your variable type, you can use whos

[Guillaume]

To add to Alessandro's answer. You're confusing two different things, the number that is stored in the matrix and the way it is displayed.

In matlab and in math, there is no difference whatsoever between 1 and 1.0000. You can change the way matlab displays number in the command window with format. Most of the formats display integer without any decimal, only the engineering format always use decimal:

>>format shorteng
>>1
ans = 
     1.0000e+000

Or as Alessandro said, you can use the format string of sprintf to output your number to the command line.

But as said, it is just cosmetics. The numbers are the same regardless of how you display them.

[Alessandro Masullo]

Yes, you're right. The only real difference comes when you specify the variable type:

K>> format shorteng
K>> double(1:5)

ans =

       1.0000e+000     2.0000e+000     3.0000e+000     4.0000e+000     5.0000e+000

K>> uint8(1:5)

ans =

      1    2    3    4    5